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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Herd Data (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. I want to get his views on the concerns many farmers have on the issuing of tuberculosis herd history risk letters to farmers and the implications of same in terms of GDPR; the impact that such letters have on the value of herds that have passed a test; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Herd Data (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: Farmers accept this needs to be tackled. However, in recent times, we have had meetings with farming organisations and all have expressed their concern at the issuing of letters regarding TB herd history. It has angered not just farmers in my constituency but all over the country. They are saying that what the Department has done is to affect the welfare of individual farmers by sending...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Herd Data (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: I have to disagree with the Minister. The people who are operating in the sector say it devalues their herds. The letters in question were not agreed in the TB forum, which has to get up and running a great deal better than what is happening. What is concerning is that following recent events farmers need to have confidence in the Department and they just do not have it now. Various...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 53. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) regarding additional supports to children and adults with disabilities and complex needs who have been impacted by the restrictions that have been in place since March 2020. [22356/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 65. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reopening of district hospitals for older persons and palliative care that have been closed to allow staff to be redeployed elsewhere due to Covid-19; his views on whether some of the facilities will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23661/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will reconvene the tuberculosis forum; his views on whether farmers' faith in this forum is being eroded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23942/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons in receipt of the disability allowance to go back to weekly payments if it is their preference (details supplied). [24121/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (15 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for persons with intellectual disabilities that have reopened in County Tipperary since their closure due to Covid-19; and the number that are due to reopen in tabular form. [23348/20]

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: I too wish the Minister of State well. If this crisis were to end tomorrow, chances are the Government would carry on as always, as the amendment to the motion shows. I represent a large rural constituency that lacks a proper transport system. Taxi services prove particularly important. Whether to make deliveries or provide transport to elderly people to get their pensions, taxi operators...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: I congratulate Deputy Joan Collins for tabling this motion which is about justice and fairness for those who have, through no fault of their own, been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis. When any business shuts down it is the workers' families who suffer but the reasons for businesses closing their doors are varied. There are questions over the purpose of the closure of Debenhams. There is a...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 19. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if supports are available for students who have to undertake placement in healthcare settings nursing, midwifery and medical students and as a result of Covid-19 guidelines, have had to give up paid employment for the duration of their placements; and if they will avail of the Covid-19 unemployment supports for the length of time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (16 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the need for some persons who work physically demanding jobs to retire at 65 years of age; and if she is examining the needs of the workers in this regard. [24375/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (16 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 102. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional supports for foster parents are available (details supplied); his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24207/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Isolation (17 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: 9. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address the increased isolation many persons in rural Ireland are facing as the country enters the first winter with Covid-19; her further plans to develop systems in isolated locations in order that the vulnerable can maintain contact with others; if she has plans to provide in-home supports for persons that will need...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Isolation (17 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: As the Minister of State, will be aware there have always been people, especially in rural Ireland, who have found themselves isolated for one reason or another. This has increased in recent times due to the pandemic and the need to fight the virus. What are the Department's plans to tackle this growing problem as we face into the first winter with Covid-19?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Isolation (17 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: I appreciate what the Minister of State has said. The supports to which he has referred will help a little, but rural isolation has been a major problem for many years. There are so many problems in rural Ireland but I do not have time to list them all today. Poverty and lack of transport in rural areas and the reluctance of some people to cry out for help are serious issues, as is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Isolation (17 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: I appreciate the Minister of State's concern and hope that services are delivered for people going into what will be a tough and frightening winter for many of them. Another issue that arises in this regard is rural crime, particularly for people in more isolated areas. What will the Government do to help rural communities in that context, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána? I...

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: The response to this pandemic has put unexpected and unprecedented demands on the Irish economy and gross spending is considerably up. Increased spending of this nature was inevitable and justified by the need to invest in the public good. The phrases I have used, "the need to invest" and "the public good", are two matters I will return to later. Social protection and health were given...

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: I ask that this expenditure response be seen as an opportunity to invest in our country and our people. It was stated recently that the recovery will be investment-led and we need the Government to commit to that statement.

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Martin Browne: I will keep my contribution short. At this time of year, everyone in this House receives a stream of phone calls from their communities with reports of fireworks, bangers and bonfires. It is nothing new, but I have noticed that reports are coming in earlier every year. It has now got to a stage where fireworks are being let off all year round and not just at Hallowe'en. They are...